Malakal Airport
Malakal Airport Estb.1934 | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 09°33′32″N 031°39′08″E / 9.55889°N 31.65222°E | ||||||||||
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  Malakal Airport Location of airport in South Sudan | |||||||||||
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Malakal Airport (
Republic of Sudan and the border with Ethiopia
.
Malakal is the smaller of two international airports in South Sudan. The largest,
Juba
.
As part of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), the airport was a major staging point for United Nation operations to South Sudan and will continue to do so under the new United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) mandate.[3]
Facilities
The airport resides at an
mean sea level.[1][4] It has one runway designated 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,000 by 38 metres (6,562 ft × 125 ft).[1][5]
Accidents and Incidents
On 10 November 2015, an HS-780 Andover cargo plane impacted a field and burned, shortly after takeoff from Malakal Airport. All four crew members survived the accident; however, the airplane was consumed by fire.[6]
On 9 February 2024, a
McDonnell Douglas MD-82, 5Y-AXL, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident when the main gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest on its belly short of runway 4. There were no injuries.[7]
On 31 March, a Safe Air Boeing 727-200F collided with the MD-82 while attempting to land at the airport.[8]
Airline and destination
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Juba
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d Airport information for HSSM[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for MAK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "United Nations Radio -". 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Malakal Airport elevation - Wolfram-Alpha". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "Pilot information for Malakal Airport". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover C.1 TL-AEW Malakal Airport (MAK)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Accident McDonnell Douglas MD-82 5Y-AXL,". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Accident Boeing 727-2Q9 (F) 5Y-IRE,". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
